Name: Hally Age & Grade: 14 yrs 1 month 8th grade Quarter: 2
Classes (Schedule) 1st Science 2th period Math 3th Social Studies 4th English 5th lunch – recess 6th elective 7th period Spanish
Specific Objectives for student in this class:
Behavior
- Stay focused during instruction - Complete work without disrupting other students
Academic - Language: to learn Spanish vocabulary in connection to the science lesson- Science: to learn basic facts about stars
Areas of strengths & interests:
Computer: he enjoys going to the computers lab. He likes to figure out how to work with wikispaces and to instruct his peers on how to log in, make posting and replies or change their profile picture. (interpersonal)
He likes to be with friends and to play basketball (bodily/kinesthetic/interpersonal)
He likes to use the smartboard, write or move words/pictures around. (bodily/kinesthetic)
He likes to listen to music when he is working independently. (musical)
Successful learning strategies & modifications or adaptations needed
Allowing more out-of-seat work
Use of manipulatives
Allowing listen to music during independent work
Communication Strategies (verbal & nonverbal by the student -- asks for attention, asks for help, protest, tangible items, discomfort, etc):
He complains when he sees somebody being ignored
He has to be in interaction with somebody in the classroom
He likes to be noticed
He is kind and polite
He is very tall for his age and very skinny
He plays basketball
He is well liked by his peers.
Positive behavior support strategies:
Seat arrangements – by himself for independent work
Allow going to the library for tests or quizzes, he feels he can concentrate better.
Provide opportunities for leadership
Be the captain when we go to the computers lab: he is in charge of solving anybody’s concerns or questions about how to use wikispaces for Spanish
Use of manipulatives
He likes to fix things around the classroom : he noticed that the punch-holes didn’t work, I have three in the classroom, after his evaluation we decided to throw in the garbage one, he fixed the third one (02/05); I keep two “piñatas” in the classroom, he noticed that one of them was broken, asked me for tape and fix it (02/16)
Praising good habits: he enjoys taking notes, he has very good notes.
Grading accommodations:
Take the test in the library to avoid distractions
Allow stretching/out-of-seat break if the assignment takes more than 20 min.
He was absent for the Spanish Midterm, I allow him to take it home, he came the following day, he didn’t finish it all so he was allowed to finish it during class. He got distracted and didn’t finish it either.
Important family/health information [avoid invasion of privacy; include only what people need to know to be effective educators]
He has suffered from ADHD and had taken medication for it. He stopped taken the medication because his appetite was being affected and he is very skinny. Due to behavioral issues and lack of concentration on his studies mom decided to put him back on medication. He started on Monday Jan. 23th (Adderal XR) a drug used for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adults.
Classes (Schedule)
1st Science
2th period Math
3th Social Studies
4th English
5th lunch – recess
6th elective
7th period Spanish
- Behavior
- Stay focused during instruction- Complete work without disrupting other students
- Provide opportunities for leadership
Be the captain when we go to the computers lab: he is in charge of solving anybody’s concerns or questions about how to use wikispaces for Spanish- Use of manipulatives
He likes to fix things around the classroom : he noticed that the punch-holes didn’t work, I have three in the classroom, after his evaluation we decided to throw in the garbage one, he fixed the third one (02/05); I keep two “piñatas” in the classroom, he noticed that one of them was broken, asked me for tape and fix it (02/16)He was absent for the Spanish Midterm, I allow him to take it home, he came the following day, he didn’t finish it all so he was allowed to finish it during class. He got distracted and didn’t finish it either.
Important family/health information [avoid invasion of privacy; include only what people need to know to be effective educators]
He has suffered from ADHD and had taken medication for it. He stopped taken the medication because his appetite was being affected and he is very skinny. Due to behavioral issues and lack of concentration on his studies mom decided to put him back on medication. He started on Monday Jan. 23th (Adderal XR) a drug used for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adults.
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Prepared by Maria J. Vallejo
Date Feb. 03 - March 10